An exoplanet is a planet orbiting stars beyond our own solar system. This app is an interactive catalogue of known exoplanets & is updated when new discoveries are made. (free)
8th grade Earth Science classes recently were asked to rank the Space apps that we have available & their top choice was Planets. They liked this app for the way it pictured the planets, how they could explore the sky in 2D & 3D, & the app showed everything in real time.
Middle School Astronomy Apps
Exoplanet
An exoplanet is a planet orbiting stars beyond our own solar system. This app is an interactive catalogue of known exoplanets & is updated when new discoveries are made. (free)
Planets
8th grade Earth Science classes recently were asked to rank the Space apps that we have available & their top choice was Planets. They liked this app for the way it pictured the planets, how they could explore the sky in 2D & 3D, & the app showed everything in real time.
Last Updated - June 2013